Millicent Garrett Fawcett: Unfit to Be a Leader
Jordan Smith
How far do the sources suggest that Millicent Garrett Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’?
Sources 10 and 11 strongly suggest that Millicent Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’. However Source 12 completely disagrees with the statement as it praises Millicent Fawcett for leading the women’s suffrage movement to ‘victory’; however this source is slightly influenced as Ray Strachey was a leading member of the NUWSS.
All three sources, 10, 11 and 12, are written by people who support women’s suffrage. However there is only source 12 which disagrees with the statement that Fawcett was ‘unfit to be a leader’. Source 10 was written 1871 and Source 11 was published in 1913. At these points the Suffragettes were not as powerful as they became to be and this is what is portrayed in Sources 10 and 11.
Source 10 suggests that Millicent Fawcett was unfit to be a leader. Even though it does not support Fawcett herself, we know it is not prejudice as the writer was a supporter of the vote for women. John Stuart Mill, the president of the London National Society for Women’s suffrage at the time in 1871, described Fawcett as having a ‘simple way of looking at things’, this would mean that she did not deepl think about the situations she was in and only saw principles from a ‘one-stand’ point, disregarding all other views. He also sees her as a ‘poor organiser’ which would indicate that she could not be a good leader to women if she was not organised as the movement would have just failed. He finishes by saying ‘she is quite unfit to be a leader’, which clearly does state to us that he does not agree that she was a worthy leader. On the other hand, even though most of the points stated are against her, there are some points that are in Fawcett’s favour. He described her as being ‘quite public spirited’ which shows that she was not shy when speaking to the public but was a confident woman. Finally it says that she was an ‘excellent grass-roots
How far do the sources suggest that Millicent Garrett Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’?
Sources 10 and 11 strongly suggest that Millicent Fawcett was ‘quite unfit to be a leader’. However Source 12 completely disagrees with the statement as it praises Millicent Fawcett for leading the women’s suffrage movement to ‘victory’; however this source is slightly influenced as Ray Strachey was a leading member of the NUWSS.
All three sources, 10, 11 and 12, are written by people who support women’s suffrage. However there is only source 12 which disagrees with the statement that Fawcett was ‘unfit to be a leader’. Source 10 was written 1871 and Source 11 was published in 1913. At these points the Suffragettes were not as powerful as they became to be and this is what is portrayed in Sources 10 and 11.
Source 10 suggests that Millicent Fawcett was unfit to be a leader. Even though it does not support Fawcett herself, we know it is not prejudice as the writer was a supporter of the vote for women. John Stuart Mill, the president of the London National Society for Women’s suffrage at the time in 1871, described Fawcett as having a ‘simple way of looking at things’, this would mean that she did not deepl think about the situations she was in and only saw principles from a ‘one-stand’ point, disregarding all other views. He also sees her as a ‘poor organiser’ which would indicate that she could not be a good leader to women if she was not organised as the movement would have just failed. He finishes by saying ‘she is quite unfit to be a leader’, which clearly does state to us that he does not agree that she was a worthy leader. On the other hand, even though most of the points stated are against her, there are some points that are in Fawcett’s favour. He described her as being ‘quite public spirited’ which shows that she was not shy when speaking to the public but was a confident woman. Finally it says that she was an ‘excellent grass-roots